Comic-Con cosplayer seriously hurt; arrest made

San Diego  A 29-year-old man was arrested in connection with a Sunday incident that left a Comic-Con attendee bloodied and unconscious, according to police and the victim's mother's Facebook page.

The teen, whose age was not released, was still in costume when she was found with significant injuries by a Marriott Marquis and Marina pool on Harbor Drive about 1 a.m., Harbor police Sgt. Todd Rakos said.

Police determined she had been with a man she knew most of the day, and was with him until about 11 p.m. when a party they went to in one of the hotel's rooms was broken up after a noise complaint, Rakos said. That man, identified as Justin Kalior, was later arrested at the hotel.

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He was booked into jail on suspicion of sexual contact with a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was not arrested on assault charges.

"We really want to determine who is responsible for her injuries and we are still investigating," Rakos said.

According to a Tumblr post that went viral, the teen's mother said police called to tell her that her daughter had been found "covered in blood with no ID unconscious." The post depicts a picture of the girl dressed as a female Roger Rabbit in front of a sign that read, "I made it to Comic-Con!" She is wearing a red wig, a red leotard, a white shirt and bunny ears.

A post on her father's Facebook page said she was hospitalized, possibly with a brain bleed. Police would only say her injuries were serious.

U-T San Diego is not releasing the girl's name because she is a crime victim.

The victim's Facebook page said she was a Riverside County resident and had planned to attend Comic-Con July 26; her birthday fell on the next day.

Anyone with information about the incident should e-mail sdhpiwatch@portofsandiego.org.